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Microwave Link Design, Survey and Installation In
Pyay Technological University
Mya Thandar Kyu*, Aye Wint Mon**
*
Department of Electronic Engineering, Pyay Technological University
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Department of Electronic Engineering, Pyay Technological University
DOI: 10.29322/IJSRP.8.7.2018.p7970
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Abstract Nowadays, microwave link has become an license microwave frequencies are normally 6-42 GHz and
indispensable form of communication networks around the products are produced with frequency division duplex
world. This research project describes design and system (FDD).
installation of remote desktop connection from one
computer to another computer by using 5GHz Cambium Mobile
Microwave Testing
Cellular Phase
ePMP Force 180 TDD license exempt microwave link. The
require components are two computers, two antennas, two 300MHz 3 GHz 100GHz
30 kHz 300GHz
POE (Power Over Ethernet) splitters, RJ 45 Ethernet cables
and power supply cords. In this research, the two locations
Figure 1.Radio spectrum (From 30 kHz to 300GHz)
are 400 meters far away each other. The latitude and
longitude of these points are used to design with the link To radiate RF frequencies from the antenna, the
planner software. As the system is point to point microwave necessary things are power supply, radio unit (outdoor unit),
system, line of sight must be between two locations. The IF cable (in our case is Cat5-e cable). Radio frequency (RF)
softwares that we used in this research are Google earth and is a measurement representing the oscillation rate of
Cambium Link Planner. This research involves an iterative electromagnetic radiation spectrum, or electromagnetic
technique to explain the sequential communication of signal radio waves, from frequencies ranging from 300GHz to as
transmission for short distance radio communication low as 30kHz. It can be categorized microwave systems to
through microwave link with best efficiency. two based on their product architectures. They are split
Index Terms- Microwave Radio, Cambium, Link Planner, mount microwave system and full outdoor system. Split
Link Budget
mount system consists of indoor unit (IDU) + outdoor unit
(ODU) + Antenna while full outdoor system combines IDU
I. INTRODUCTION
and ODU as one. So full outdoor system consists of ODU
M icrowave technology is used to transmit or receive the
signals in the form of radio wave from one place to
+Antenna only. (In this research project, ePMP Force 180
5GHz is full outdoor system, so there is no IDU.) The
another. From the frequency perspective, there are two types
function of IDU is to accept baseband signals, digitized and
of microwave called Licensed and License exempt bands.
convert to intermediate frequency (IF signal) via the IF
Licensing is a way of ensuring that wireless operators do not
cables (Cat5-e cables or Coax cables).The function of ODU
interfere with each other’s radio frequencies. Licensed band
is to modulate IF signal to radio frequency (RF signal) and
is individual companies pay a licensing fee for the exclusive
am plify the power of the signal. ODU is power supplied by
right to transmit on assigned channels within that band in a
IF cables together with IF signal mostly or power supplied
given geographic area or nationwide assignment. The
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with separate cables rarely. The function of the antenna is to Figure 3. Block Diagram of Proposed System
do the directivity of RF signal to the desired direction.
Power Only
Data Only
III. MICROWAVE LINK DESIGN
The goal of this research project is to access remote
Radio Signal
desktop connection to another computer via 5GHz ePMP
Force 180. This research operates with two sections, which
are:
• Hardware (Equipment)
• Software
Baseband In Baseband Out
Power In 3.1 Hardware (Equipment)
Power In
This involves two antennas (ePMP Force 180
Figure 2. Typical Full Outdoor Microwave System
5GHz), two computers, two POE (power over Ethernet),
II. PROPOSED SYSTEM four RJ 45 and power supply. At first, two antennas must be
This research project consists of two computers, placed into line of sight. POE (splitter) has two slots which
one microwave hop, two POE splitters, RJ 45 Ethernet are Gigabit data and Gigabit data + Power. Data + Power
cables and power supply cord. In these installation, the slot is connected to the antenna slot by using RJ 45 and
microwave hop product is ePMP Force 180 5GHz. The another slot is connected to the computer to configure the
ePMP Force 180 5GHz subscriber module is the next parameters. And then, POE is supplied to the DC input
generation of the ePMP 5GHz integrated radio offering a power.
higher-gain, integrated 16 dBi patch antenna. Installation 3.1.1 ePMP Force 180 5GHz
and alignment are easy with the adjustable mounting bracket The ePMP Force 180 5GHz subscriber module is
and the Force 180 is small, sleek and equipped with Gigabit 5GHz Integrated Radio offering a higher-gain, integrated 16
Ethernet port to deliver the maximum throughput. POE dBi patch antenna. Installation and alignment are easy with
(splitter) which is supplied together with ePMP has two the adjustable mounting bracket and the Force 180 is small,
ports which are Gigabit data port and Gigabit data + Power sleek and equipped with Gigabit Ethernet port to deliver the
port. Data + Power slot is connected to the equipment by maximum throughput. It has the exceptional reliability and
using RJ 45 Ethernet cable to provide power and data while quality that users have come to expect from the ePMP
another port is connected to the computer to configure in the product line and adds some significant performance
beginning stage and to do access in the later stage. enhancements. This radio comes in a small, sleek form
factor but delivers high performance. The antenna gain is
ePMP Force 180 5GHz A ePMP Force 180 5GHz B increased by 3 dB to 16 dBi which will provide a 40%
increase in range. It comes equipped with a Gigabit Ethernet
TX and RX
port so that nothing will limit this product in delivering the
maximum throughput. The radio module is powered by
POE and the Ethernet port has the unique capability of
being powered from a POE injector that conforms to
standard pin outs or from a POE injector that conforms to
Laptop B
Laptop A
Cambium pin outs. This makes it possible to upgrade
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existing radio locations to the Force 180 without changing Tx power 1 = transmitted power of antenna 1
the POE injector. It also includes an adjustable mounting EIRP = Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
bracket that eases the task of installing and properly aligning For one microwave link, availability and the
the radio. capacity of the link are the most important factors. So these
two factors need to meet the target since the design stage.
Availability is a function of fade margin and fade margin is
the difference of sensitivity and received power. Capacity of
the microwave link is directly proportional to the channel
spacing and modulation schemes. To provide faster
capacity, channel spacing need to be wide as well as need to
use higher modulation schemes. In our project, availability
Figure 4. ePMP Force 180 5GHz
target is 99.99% and capacity target is 50 Mbps.
3.2 Software
In this research, the software that used are Google
Fade Margin =Received signal–Sensitivity of the radio (3)
earth and Link planner. The desired points are measured
The received power depends upon free space loss
with GPS and compare on the map by using Google earth
and effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP). EIRP is the
software. The latitude and longitude of these points are used
addition of transmitted power and antenna gain. The
to design with the link planner software. When design the
transmitted power depends on the product type and brand
position of antennas, need to change the value of band,
while antenna gain can be controlled by changing antenna
product, ePMP PTP mode, bandwidth and modulation to get
size. Free space loss depends on frequency and the distance
best result of availability and capacity.
between two antennas.
Freespace Loss = (4¶df/c)² (4)
3.2.1Link Planner
where, d is the distance between two antennas in miles.
Calculating the achievable availability of a
microwave link is carried out on the basis of statistical IV. SURVEY, DESIGN AND CONFIGURATION
methods. Currently there are now available software 4.1Site Survey
solutions from a number of companies which enable the
In our project, we located latitude and longitude of
microwave link planner to calculate and configure rapidly
point 1 and point 2 using Google Earth and installed
and effectively the microwave link. All of this software is
hardware equipment step by step. Latitude and Longitude of
based on uniform guidelines of the International
point 1 and Latitude and Longitude of point 2 are shown in
Telecomunication Union (ITU). Cambium link planner is
Figure 5. and Figure 6.
free software provided by Cambium and it is easy to use. In
this research, Link Budget is calculated by the followings
equations:
The received power of antenna 2 can be calculated
by using link planner equation.
Rxpower 2= EIRP1–Free space loss + Antenna gain2 (1)
EIRP 1 = Tx power 1 + Antenna gain 1 (2)
where,
18850921.60N 95820907.10E
Rx power 2 = received power of antenna 2
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Figure 5. Latitude and Longitude of point 1
18850917.50N 95819952.80 Figure 9. Microwave Link between Two Points
Figure 6. Latitude and Longitude of point 2
4.2 Design Criteria
After site survey, we design the microwave link by
using cambium network link planner step by step.
Figure 10. Path Profile between Point 1 and Point 2
Check that the profile is accurate and identify any
obstructions that may affect signal quality. The profile can
be verified using Google Earth(TM), maps, GPS data and
site visits. It is particularly important to verify the antenna
heights, to measure interference and to identify obstructions
near both ends of the Fresnel zone. The following Table
shows the design parameter of the research project.
Table 1. Result of Design Parameter
Figure 7. Site of point 1
V. TESTS AND RESULTS
In this research project, we want to send the data
between two computers and control the remote desktop
connection from other computer. So, we want to access
remote desktop connection. Figure11 shows remote desktop
Figure 8. Site of point 2
connection between two computers. In Figure 12, wireless
in monitor will be up so that the project would be operated.
In Figure 13, the eAlign in tools change if the interference
have between point 1 and point 2 antennas. If the value of
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RSSI is fewer, the result of the project is better. Figure 14
shows that the two computers have connected by using
microwave link. In this condition, we can sent (data, video,
photo, audio, etc.) of one computer to other computer by
using microwave link.
Point 1 (Master) Desktop Point 2 (Slave)
Figure 14. Final Result of Research Project
VI. CONCLUSION
This research project is tested in Pyay
Technological University. We located two points, the first
Figure 11. Remote Desktop Connection point is placed in front of Civil Department and the second
point is placed in front of Academy Hall. The distance
between two points is 400 meters long and two antennas
must be line of sight. We designed the location of latitude
and longitude in the link planner software. By using this
software, we know the result of availability and capacity of
our project. In this project, we can send the data between
two computers and control the remote desktop connection
with microwave link from other computer effectively.
Figure 12. Wireless Status Up REFERENCES
[1] http://www.cambiumnetworks.com
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AUTHORS
First Author –Dr. Mya Thandar Kyu , Professor and Head,
Department of Electronic Engineering, Pyay Technological
University, [email protected].
Second Author – Daw Aye Wint Mon, Lecturer,
Figure 13. eAlign Cambium Networks Department of Electronic Engineering, Pyay Technological
University, [email protected].
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